Neuropeptidergic organization of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the blind mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi)

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 633-639

  Negroni, Julia ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^b   Cooper, Howard M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Circadian system; Immunohistochemistry; Neuroanatomy; Neuropeptide Y; Rodent; Serotonin; Subterranean mammal; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SEROTONIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLE RAT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BLINDNESS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ISRAEL; MALE; MOLE RATS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEROTONIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSINS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030834540     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00306-7     Document Type: Article

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